Nominate Someone for the Corinne Kirchner Research Award

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) announces an invitation for nominations for the Corinne Kirchner Research Award, which honors the best minds in the
field of visual impairment. In 2007, the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) established the Corinne Kirchner Research Award in honor of AFB's longtime staff
member, Corinne Kirchner, Ph.D., whose tireless pursuit of excellence in research led AFB and the blindness field to a higher level of expectation concerning the
investigation of demographic data, analysis of outcomes in program and service delivery, and scientific examination of socio-ecological trends in the population of
people who are blind or have low vision. Dr. Kirchner’s groundbreaking research set the benchmark against which much of the subsequent research in the field has been
compared.

For the purposes of bestowing this award during the AFB Leadership
Conference (AFBLC), which will be held in Arlington, Virginia, February 28-March 1, 2019, AFB invites nominations for this esteemed honor.

Qualified candidates are individual researchers or research teams who have, through their published work, made groundbreaking contributions to the field of
blindness and low vision. The work must address topics related to blindness or low vision and have been recently published in a peer-reviewed journal or scholarly
publication. The award is intended to recognize research that employs a novel approach or investigates a new area of inquiry with the potential to impact policy or
systems change. Research that reflects innovative methods or inquiries will receive favorable consideration.

Nominations for AFB's Corinne Kirchner Research Award are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on December 3, 2018, and should be e-mailed to Rebecca
Burrichter, senior editor—JVIB, AFB Press, at JVIB@afb.net.

1. Nominator's Name:[Required]

2. Nominator's E-mail:

3. Nominator's Street Address:[Required]

4. Nominator's Telephone: [Required]

5. Name of Nominee or names of Research Team Members:[Required]

6. Name of Lead Researcher (if a Research Team is being nominated):

7. Nominee or lead researcher's e-mail address:
[Required]

8. Nominee or lead researcher's street address:

9. Nominee or lead researcher's telephone number:[Required]

10. Nominee's or lead researcher's affiliation and area of investigation:[Required]

11. Title of the work that would qualify the person or persons for the Corinne Kirchner Research Award, name of the scholarly publication in which it was published (please include volume number, issue number, and a URL for the publication): [Required]

12. Description of why the nominator feels the work qualifies the researcher or researchers for the award (250 words or less). [Required]

13. In 50 words or less, describe the most outstanding effect this person's or research team's work has made in the field of visual impairment:[Required]

14. Submit two letters of support to JVIB@afb.net with the subject line "Kirchner Research Award."

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